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  ARCHEOLOGY 
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  CASANOWICZ. 
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  with 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  Apollo 
  seated 
  on 
  tripod. 
  Antiochus 
  is 
  mentioned 
  

   in 
  I 
  Mace, 
  viii, 
  6 
  if. 
  ; 
  Josephus, 
  Antiquities 
  xii, 
  3. 
  

  

  Tetradrachm 
  of 
  Antiochus 
  VII 
  Sidetes, 
  or 
  Euergetes, 
  King 
  of 
  

   Syria, 
  138-127 
  B. 
  C. 
  Silver. 
  Obverse, 
  Head 
  of 
  the 
  King; 
  reverse, 
  

   "(Money) 
  of 
  King 
  Antiochus 
  Euergetes," 
  with 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  Minerva 
  

   holding 
  Victory. 
  Antiochus 
  Sidetes 
  is 
  mentioned, 
  I 
  Mace, 
  xvi, 
  1 
  ff., 
  

   as 
  being 
  defeated 
  by 
  the 
  sons 
  of 
  the 
  High 
  Priest 
  Simeon. 
  

  

  Coin 
  of 
  Demetrius 
  Soter, 
  King 
  of 
  Syria 
  162-150 
  B. 
  C. 
  Obverse, 
  

   head 
  of 
  Demetrius; 
  reverse, 
  "King 
  Demetrius 
  Soter," 
  with 
  seated 
  

   female 
  figure. 
  He 
  waged 
  war 
  against 
  the 
  Maccabees 
  and 
  is 
  often 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  books 
  of 
  the 
  Maccabees 
  (I 
  Maccabees 
  viii, 
  31; 
  x, 
  2, 
  

   etc.). 
  

  

  Tetradrachm 
  of 
  Ephesus. 
  Silver. 
  Struck 
  140 
  B. 
  C. 
  Ephesus, 
  

   in 
  ancient 
  time 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  cities 
  in 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  was 
  

   especially 
  celebrated 
  for 
  its 
  temple 
  of 
  Diana 
  (Acts 
  xix, 
  35). 
  It 
  was 
  

   the 
  place 
  of 
  residence 
  of 
  Paul 
  (Acts 
  xix, 
  1 
  ff.), 
  of 
  Timothy 
  (I 
  

   Timothy 
  i, 
  3), 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Apostle 
  John, 
  who 
  probably 
  died 
  there. 
  

   Ephesus 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  churches 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  Revela- 
  

   tions 
  (Revelations 
  ii, 
  4). 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  general 
  

   Council 
  (431 
  A. 
  D.), 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Robber 
  Synod 
  " 
  (449 
  A. 
  D.). 
  

  

  Tetradrachms 
  of 
  Tarsus. 
  Silver. 
  Struck 
  by 
  Satrap 
  Datames, 
  250 
  

   B. 
  C. 
  Tarsus, 
  the 
  ancient 
  capital 
  of 
  Cilicia, 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  was 
  the 
  

   home 
  of 
  Apostle 
  Paul 
  (Acts 
  ix, 
  11, 
  30; 
  xi, 
  25; 
  xxii, 
  3). 
  It 
  is 
  still 
  

   a 
  city 
  of 
  about 
  10,000 
  inhabitants. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  accessible 
  from 
  Alex- 
  

   andretta 
  by 
  rail. 
  

  

  Coin 
  of 
  Cyprus. 
  Bronze. 
  Struck 
  under 
  Emperor 
  Claudius 
  (A. 
  

   D. 
  41-54), 
  and 
  the 
  Proconsul 
  Sergius 
  Paulus. 
  Cyprus, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   largest 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  was 
  the 
  birthplace 
  of 
  Barnab- 
  

   bas 
  (Acts 
  iv, 
  36), 
  and 
  often 
  visited 
  by 
  Paul, 
  while 
  Sergius 
  was 
  its 
  

   proconsul 
  (Acts 
  xiii, 
  4 
  if., 
  etc.). 
  In 
  the 
  Old 
  Testament 
  it 
  is 
  referred 
  

   to 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Kittim 
  (Gen. 
  x, 
  4; 
  Numb, 
  xxiv, 
  24; 
  Dan. 
  xi, 
  30, 
  

   etc.). 
  

  

  Hemidrachms 
  of 
  Ephesus. 
  Silver. 
  Struck 
  200 
  B. 
  C. 
  Obverse, 
  

   Bee; 
  reverse, 
  Deer. 
  

  

  Aes 
  (farthing) 
  of 
  Thessalonica. 
  Copper. 
  Struck 
  88 
  B. 
  C. 
  Ob- 
  

   verse, 
  Head 
  of 
  Janus; 
  reverse, 
  Dioscuri. 
  Thessalonica, 
  formerly 
  the 
  

   capital 
  of 
  Macedonia, 
  is 
  the 
  modern 
  Salonica. 
  Two 
  Epistles 
  of 
  

   Paul 
  are 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Christians 
  of 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  Coin 
  of 
  Thessalonica. 
  Copper. 
  Struck 
  158 
  B. 
  C. 
  Obverse, 
  Head 
  

   of 
  City 
  Nymph 
  ; 
  reverse, 
  Galley. 
  

  

  Tetradrachm 
  of 
  Macedonia. 
  Silver. 
  Struck 
  between 
  156 
  and 
  

   146 
  B. 
  C. 
  Obverse, 
  Head 
  of 
  Minerva 
  upon 
  a 
  Macedonian 
  shield; 
  

   reverse, 
  Club 
  of 
  Hercules. 
  Macedonia 
  is 
  often 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  

   New 
  Testament. 
  Paul 
  visited 
  this 
  province 
  on 
  his 
  second 
  and 
  

  

  